The Corporatocracy Cometh
This week in the Weekly News Roundup we look at government getting too close to big tech. Also, the EU is forcing apple to sideload apps while Android is pulling back on such freedoms.

The Oligarchy Cometh
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jul/01/tech-firms-suggested-placing-trackers-under-offenders-skin-at-meeting-with-justice-secretary

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/25/meta-exec-us-army-enlistment

https://www.semafor.com/article/06/05/2025/destroy-the-ring-trumps-palantir-deal-alarms-hill-republicans

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZg28KInhMI

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/16/openai-wins-200-million-us-defense-contract.html

https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/01/us-senate-removes-controversial-ai-moratorium-from-budget-bill/

Apple EU Sideloading
https://developer.apple.com/support/alt-distribution-ux-in-the-eu/

https://www.airdroid.com/app-management/sideload-apps/

https://www.androidauthority.com/android-15-restricted-settings-sideloading-3481098/

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/09/android-now-allows-apps-to-block-sideloading-and-push-a-google-play-version/

https://brave.com/blog/f-droid/

Quicklines
https://news.itsfoss.com/murena-find/

https://securityaffairs.com/179434/social-networks/facebook-wants-access-to-your-camera-roll-for-ai-photo-edits.html

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/06/future-android-phones-could-warn-you-about-data-stealing-fake-cell-towers/

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/07/bluetooth-vulnerability-in-audio-devices-can-be-exploited-to-spy-on-users

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/popular-tiktok-video-editor-capcut-used-to-trick-victims-in-phishing-scam

https://www.techradar.com/pro/amazon-now-has-a-million-robots-on-its-floors-and-theyre-now-close-to-outnumbering-human-workers

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/06/google-begins-rolling-out-ai-search-in-youtube/

https://www.techradar.com/computing/artificial-intelligence/mark-zuckerberg-goes-all-in-on-ai-and-might-even-beat-sam-altman-and-openai-to-superintelligence

https://9to5mac.com/2025/07/01/psa-if-you-have-a-brother-printer-change-the-password-now/

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/06/microsoft-is-trying-to-get-antivirus-software-away-from-the-windows-kernel/

SillyVille
https://notthebee.com/article/new-york-what-in-the-world-is-this/

https://notthebee.com/article/they-finally-fixed-the-crosswalk-vulnerability-that-hackers-used-to-upload-jeff-bezos-message-youll-never-guess-what-the-solution-was/

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/30/china-hosts-first-fully-autonomous-ai-robot-football-match